Abstract: According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a lock screen. When a gesture to change a distance between a first touch and a second touch on the touch screen display is detected during display of the lock screen in a locked state, the controller for releases the locked state.

Abstract: A force feedback system provides components for use in a force feedback system including a host computer and a force feedback interface device. An architecture for a host computer allows multi-tasking application programs to interface with the force feedback device without conflicts. One embodiment of a force feedback device provides both relative position reporting and absolute position reporting to allow great flexibility. A different device embodiment provides relative position reporting device allowing maximum compatibility with existing software. Information such as ballistic parameters and screen size sent from the host to the force feedback device allow accurate mouse positions and graphical object positions to be determined in the force feedback environment. Force feedback effects and structures are further described, such as events and enclosures.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide an input test tool that promotes precision testing, flexibility and repeatability over a wide variety of functionality tests that are utilized in both touch and near-touch input scenarios. The input test tool enables a variety of degrees of motion, including both linear and rotational motion, so that a device under test can be tested utilizing a number of different linear and/or rotational input scenarios.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for detecting a touch position of a touch screen and the touch screen using the same. A method for detecting a touch position on a touch screen includes the steps of: detecting a touched touch screen block among touch screen blocks by using signals generated from at least one touch sensor among touch sensors included in a plurality of touch screen blocks into which an area of the touch screen is divided; and detecting a touch position in the detected touch screen block on the basis of a signal of a touch sensor included in the detected touch screen block. Thus, compared to an existing method of processing a signal by reading measurement values of all measurement sensors, the invention enables fast signal processing, thereby reducing measurement signal processing time for measuring a touch position of a touch screen.

Abstract: An aspect provides an information handling device, including: one or more processors; a memory device that stores instructions executed by the one or more processors; and a housing that contains the one or more processors and the memory device; the housing having a substantially rectangular shape with a length and height dimension that exceed a width dimension; and the housing further comprising a shaped pen dock running along an end of the housing defining the width dimension. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for testing a stylus are described. A processing device determines that a stylus is disposed in a holder above a touch panel that generates position data for each point of contact between the stylus and the touch panel. In response to such determination, the processing device performs one or more tests of the stylus. The processing device may cause the holder to move the across the surface of the touch panel, receive position data, and compare the position data to reference data to determine operation of the stylus.

Abstract: A method of synchronizing of a plurality of display apparatuses. The method includes determining a victim function, receiving a count value counting a number of times that the victim function is called in a predetermined period of time from at least one display apparatus, determining a minimum count value by comparing the received count values with each other, and synchronizing the plurality of display apparatuses based on the determined minimum count value such that the plurality of display apparatuses synchronize to the display apparatus with the slowest display execution speed.

Abstract: A display apparatus of a display system which includes a plurality of display apparatuses including: a display unit; a signal processor which processes an image signal supplied from outside, based on setting information stored in advance in the display apparatus, which displays an image on the display unit based on the processed image signal; a connector which is connected to an external storage device which stores the setting information of the display apparatus; and a controller which, if the external storage device is connected to the connector at a time when the setting information of the display apparatus is initially set, obtains the setting information from the external storage device and stores the setting information in the display apparatus, and updates the setting information stored in the external storage device corresponding to another display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses.

Abstract: A touch sensor capable of specifying a touch position and/or a degree of a touch pressure by using graphene as an electrode and/or a strain gauge, and more particular, a touch sensor capable of simultaneously detecting a pressure and a position by means of change in resistance by using graphene is provided.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for improving light output resolution of a backlight by individually controlling light sources in the backlight. Illumination intensity levels of light sources are individually controlled such that an overall illumination intensity level of all the light sources is substantially equal to a desired whole backlight illumination intensity value. The individual illumination levels of the light sources or a group of the light sources is controlled such that the backlight is uniformly illuminated. In some implementations, the illumination intensity levels are varied over different portions of an illumination period to provide uniform illumination of the backlight.

Abstract: A timing scrambling method, for a timing control device corresponding to a plurality of source driving devices, includes adjusting a selecting signal according to a clock signal; selecting one of a plurality of scrambling generating units according to the selecting signal to generate a timing scrambling signal; and generating scrambling data for the plurality of source driving devices according to the timing scrambling signal.

Abstract: A display control apparatus comprises a setting unit which sets acceptance of a touch operation on a display unit to be valid or invalid; a display control unit which controls to display, when the acceptance of the touch operation is set to be invalid, option items and an icon superimposed over the option items, and when the acceptance of the touch operation is set to be valid, display the option items and the icon in an area where the icon is not superimposed over the option items; and a control unit which controls to select, when the acceptance of the touch operation is set to be valid, an option item displayed in accordance with a touch operation on the option item and select the icon displayed in accordance with a touch operation on the icon.

Abstract: A dynamic tactile interface including a substrate including an attachment surface, a cavity, and a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the cavity; a pedestal arranged within the cavity, pivotable within the cavity, and including a mating surface and an exterior surface; a tactile layer including a peripheral region coupled to the attachment surface, a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region and arranged over the pedestal, and a tactile surface opposite the substrate; and a displacement device displacing fluid to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting into an expanded setting, the pedestal pivotable within the cavity between a first position and a second position in the retracted setting, the deformable region flush with the peripheral region in the first position and the pedestal partially elevated out of the cavity and the deformable region defining a second formation tactilely distinguishable from the peripheral region in the expanded setting.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel including first to third sub pixels which receive a first grayscale data, a second grayscale data and a third grayscale data, respectively; a light source part which provides light to the display panel and sequentially turns on first and second light sources, which emit a first light and a second light having a color different from the first light, respectively; and a color conversion layer including a first photoluminescence part which is excited by the first light to emit light having a first primary color, a second photoluminescence part which is excited by the first light to emit light having a second primary color, and a third photoluminescence part which is excited by the first light to emit light having a third primary color, where the first to third photoluminescence parts overlap the first to third sub pixels, respectively.

Abstract: A first substrate includes a first switching element arranged in a first color pixel and a second switching element arranged in a second color pixel of which color is different from the color of the first color pixel in an active area. A driving unit superimposes DC bias voltages on voltages corresponding to gradations to be displayed in the first color pixel and the second color pixel, and to supply the superimposed voltages to the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, respectively. A first halftone gradation voltage obtained by superimposing a first DC bias voltage on a voltage corresponding to a halftone gradation is supplied to the first pixel electrode. A second halftone gradation voltage obtained by superimposing a second DC bias voltage different from the first DC bias voltage on a voltage corresponding to the halftone gradation is supplied to the second pixel electrode.

Abstract: A method and system for multimodal human-vehicle interaction including receiving input from an occupant in a vehicle via more than one mode and performing multimodal recognition of the input. The method also includes augmenting at least one recognition hypothesis based on at least one visual point of interest and determining a belief state of the occupant's intent based on the recognition hypothesis. The method further includes selecting an action to take based on the determined belief state.

Abstract: An optical touch system includes a touch screen; a plurality of light sources for periodically emitting light; a light-emitting element for periodically emitting light when the plurality of light sources are not emitting light; a light-reflecting element, for reflecting light emitted by the plurality of light sources; a plurality of lenses, for capturing a first image during a period when the plurality of light sources are emitting light and capturing a second image during a period when the plurality of light sources are not emitting light; and a processing unit. The processing unit includes a control unit for controlling the plurality of light sources and the light-emitting element; and a computation unit for computing a first location in which the light-emitting element is located and a second location in which the light-reflecting element is located on the touch screen according to the first image and the second image.

Abstract: Electronic devices may use touch pads that have touch sensor arrays, force sensors, and actuators for providing tactile feedback. A touch pad may be mounted in a computer housing. The touch pad may have a rectangular planar touch pad member that has a glass layer covered with ink and contains a capacitive touch sensor array. Force sensors may be mounted under each of the four corners of the rectangular planar touch pad member. The force sensors may be used to measure how much force is applied to the surface of the planar touch pad member by a user. Processed force sensor signals may indicate the presence of button activity such as press and release events. In response to detected button activity or other activity in the device, actuator drive signals may be generated for controlling the actuator. The user may supply settings to adjust signal processing and tactile feedback parameters.

Abstract: An optical navigation chip cooperated with a light source for being used in a mouse is provided. The mouse transmits a mouse signal to a computer for navigation control. The optical navigation chip includes an optical sensing array and a circuitry. The optical sensing array is utilized for receiving a reflected light from a surface indicating features of the surface for generating a digital frame corresponding to intensity variation caused by the reflected light. The circuitry is coupled to the optical sensing array, and utilized for generating a digital displacement signal by monitoring the intensity variation of two different digital frames, wherein the two digital frames are captured by the optical sensing array at two different times. Additionally, the mouse suspends the mouse signal to the computer if the intensity variation is flat.